Putin supported United Russia proposal to postpone population census to October

President Vladimir Putin supported the proposal of United Russia to postpone the population census to October. The press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov informed TASS about it. Andrei Turchak, First Vice-Speaker of the Federation Council, Secretary of the General Council of United Russia, made this proposal at a meeting to implement certain provisions of the Presidential Address to the Federal Assembly.

The First Vice-Speaker of the Federation Council recalled that the Duma election campaign would officially start in Russia in June and last immediately until the elections to the State Duma in September. In time, it coincides with the All-Russian Population Census, which is scheduled for August-September.

The timing of the All-Russian Population Census has already been postponed twice due to the coronavirus. According to the draft resolution of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the main stage of the census was planned to be held from August 23 to September 30, 2021.

In total, 33 questions will be asked to permanent residents of Russia during the census. Of these, 23 relate to socio-demographic characteristics: gender, age, citizenship, place of birth, nationality, language skills, education, number of children, source of livelihood. The remaining ten questions will be related to housing conditions.